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Average dropout rate of girls recorded at 17.3% at secondary level in 2018-19: WCD Ministry

The Hindu 05 Feb 2021
Karnataka, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura were among the States that recorded high drop-out rates among girls in the period ....
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43,515 children reported missing by TrackChild portal in last one year: WCD Ministry

The Hindu 04 Feb 2021
In 2019, a total of 49,279 children went missing ....
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43,515 children reported missing last year: WCD

Indian Express 04 Feb 2021
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani Thursday said that 2,34,839 children have gone missing in the last five years — 43,515 of these in 2020 — and 2,07,880 of them have been found so far, as per the TrackChild portal created by the ministry ... Top News Right Now ... Tags. smriti irani ... .
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Urgent need to increase share of budget of WCD Ministry: Parl panel

The Times of India 02 Feb 2021
The WCD ministry, in its response, said it has been pursuing the issue with the Ministry of Finance and underlined the fund allocation for its various schemes ... .
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Allocation Of Rs 24,435 crore Hike in WCD budget, Mission Poshan 2.0 launched

Indian Express 02 Feb 2021
In 2020-21, the ministry was allocated a sum of Rs 30,007.09 crore, which was revised to Rs 21,008.31 crore ... Tags ... Advertisement. Live Blog ... read more Allocation Of Rs 24,435 crore Hike in WCD budget, Mission Poshan 2.0 launchedFocus on clean air, govt earmarks Rs 2,217 cr for 42 urban centresExposure to PM 2.5 raises anaemia risk in kids under 5 ... .
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Gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools improved from 2014-15 to 2018-19: WCD

The Times of India 24 Jan 2021
NEW DELHI. The gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools at secondary level has improved from 2014-15 to 2018-19, and there have been promising trends of improvement in sex ratio at birth, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Saturday ... "SRB has improved by 16 points from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019-20) ... .
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Chhattisgarh: WCD dept recommends closure of Ujjawala home

Indian Express 23 Jan 2021
The Chhattisgarh Women and Child Development (WCD) department on Friday is learnt to have recommended to the Centre that the Ujjawala home in Bilaspur, where several women have alleged sexual abuse by the staff, be shut down ... WCD dept recommends closure of Ujjawala homeElephant dies after burning tyre attack in TN, two heldGujarat.
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Panel evaluating marriagable age of girls submits recommendations to PMO, WCD Ministry

The Times of India 19 Jan 2021
NEW DELHI. The panel appointed to evaluate the marriageable age of girls has sent its recommendations to the Prime Minister's Office and the women and child development ministry, sources said on Tuesday ... An official said the WCD ministry is looking into the recommendations made by the committee ... Download. The Times of Indiafor Latest News ... India. .
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Maharashtra: WCD minister inspects fire-hit Bhandara hospital

The Times of India 11 Jan 2021
BHANDARA ... Mothers of some of the deceased children are admitted in different public health centres in Bhandara ... Download. The Times of Indiafor Latest News. more from times of india cities ... .
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Domestic violence remained serious concern for WCD Ministry in 2020

The Hindu 25 Dec 2020
Over 5,000 complaints of domestic violence were received by the NCW in 2020 ....
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